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Apr. 2nd, 2013 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlofpreyOkay. So. Molly apparently got together with Ryan after he sent Joe to jail - which is the only thing that makes any sense. I guess when his friend said the last person before Claire was Molly, he meant before them being together-ish now. Or maybe he didn't know about her and Ryan getting together after Joe went to jail. That still makes sense at least.
But - unless Ryan is hiding his feelings REALLY well and already has a trace out on her or something - he is an ACTUAL IDIOT if he knows that Claire and the woman from the first episode had people 'placed' in their lives after Joe went to prison by the cult, and he knows that he got together with Molly after Joe went to prison, and he doesn't think MAYBE she's in the cult. Especially if they really did go through the names and faces of everyone who went to visit Joe in the last however many years. Maybe he does suspect her. Maybe he's been having her followed, and they know where the cult house is because Molly just went there, and the next episode will be them attacking it and catching all the criminals, and that will be the end of the series. For a while I thought there were only 12 episodes in the season, which would have made perfect sense, but no, there are apparently 15. Maybe the last few episodes will be Ryan taking a holiday. Going to a funfair with Claire and Joey and whoever else survives. Then a beach. Then a...shopping mall? Somewhere else. Up a mountain, for some fresh air. That would be a unique end to the series.
Things that made me lol: Joe casually calling Ryan on a headset while jogging. Ryan not just throwing his phone out the window when Joe kept calling. Also, Ryan and Debra thinking that maybe the militia guy was leading them back to the ACTUAL CULT HEADQUARTERS, and apparently only taking 4 SWAT guys with them on the drive. And telling THEM to stay back. And then, at the end, having whole teams of guys suddenly there. Were they late? Were they on their off-shifts, and had to be dragged back in? Did they not think it was probably serious, until a bunch of people ACTUALLY got killed? Maybe there are some severe law enforcement budget cuts in The Following world.
Things I didn't like: the apparent insinuation, I felt, that people who are into BDSM don't give a fuck about murder, or murder cults. Like, I know they said a bunch of the stuff they were doing in that club was illegal, but even so would the bouncers be attacking FBI agents? Would Hayley really have been like 'pfft' over the fact that her friend was apparently in a club for murderers, and had murdered people? I'm pretty sure being into BDSM doesn't make you that world-weary, or desensitised. Like - if Ryan or Debra had even shouted at her a bit, or been nonplussed by her attitude, that would have been one thing. But they just treated it like it was perfectly normal that she would hear about her friend MURDERING PEOPLE, and be like "I demand a deal". I don't know, I found it very strange.
Things I did like: it's sort of self-indulgent, but just the fact that the cult is sort of imploding because everyone in it is, by definition, not a people person. It's like "yeah, you IDIOTS". Also, Roderick's love-hate-love for Joe. The way everyone in the cult seem to be trying to make it with each other to heal over the cracks and their own hurt feelings. And Joe - Joe watching SEX VIDEOS of Ryan. He is clearly about two episodes away from drunk-dialling Ryan and telling him he should have been Joey's mother, then everything would have been perfect. But you can't get men pregnant, Joe. And you would probably have an even harder time keeping Ryan in the house than you are doing with Claire. So there.
Tl;dr: Lol.
But - unless Ryan is hiding his feelings REALLY well and already has a trace out on her or something - he is an ACTUAL IDIOT if he knows that Claire and the woman from the first episode had people 'placed' in their lives after Joe went to prison by the cult, and he knows that he got together with Molly after Joe went to prison, and he doesn't think MAYBE she's in the cult. Especially if they really did go through the names and faces of everyone who went to visit Joe in the last however many years. Maybe he does suspect her. Maybe he's been having her followed, and they know where the cult house is because Molly just went there, and the next episode will be them attacking it and catching all the criminals, and that will be the end of the series. For a while I thought there were only 12 episodes in the season, which would have made perfect sense, but no, there are apparently 15. Maybe the last few episodes will be Ryan taking a holiday. Going to a funfair with Claire and Joey and whoever else survives. Then a beach. Then a...shopping mall? Somewhere else. Up a mountain, for some fresh air. That would be a unique end to the series.
Things that made me lol: Joe casually calling Ryan on a headset while jogging. Ryan not just throwing his phone out the window when Joe kept calling. Also, Ryan and Debra thinking that maybe the militia guy was leading them back to the ACTUAL CULT HEADQUARTERS, and apparently only taking 4 SWAT guys with them on the drive. And telling THEM to stay back. And then, at the end, having whole teams of guys suddenly there. Were they late? Were they on their off-shifts, and had to be dragged back in? Did they not think it was probably serious, until a bunch of people ACTUALLY got killed? Maybe there are some severe law enforcement budget cuts in The Following world.
Things I didn't like: the apparent insinuation, I felt, that people who are into BDSM don't give a fuck about murder, or murder cults. Like, I know they said a bunch of the stuff they were doing in that club was illegal, but even so would the bouncers be attacking FBI agents? Would Hayley really have been like 'pfft' over the fact that her friend was apparently in a club for murderers, and had murdered people? I'm pretty sure being into BDSM doesn't make you that world-weary, or desensitised. Like - if Ryan or Debra had even shouted at her a bit, or been nonplussed by her attitude, that would have been one thing. But they just treated it like it was perfectly normal that she would hear about her friend MURDERING PEOPLE, and be like "I demand a deal". I don't know, I found it very strange.
Things I did like: it's sort of self-indulgent, but just the fact that the cult is sort of imploding because everyone in it is, by definition, not a people person. It's like "yeah, you IDIOTS". Also, Roderick's love-hate-love for Joe. The way everyone in the cult seem to be trying to make it with each other to heal over the cracks and their own hurt feelings. And Joe - Joe watching SEX VIDEOS of Ryan. He is clearly about two episodes away from drunk-dialling Ryan and telling him he should have been Joey's mother, then everything would have been perfect. But you can't get men pregnant, Joe. And you would probably have an even harder time keeping Ryan in the house than you are doing with Claire. So there.
Tl;dr: Lol.
